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Publications

Kalil, K. and E.W. Dent (2005) Touch and go: guidance cues signal to the growth cone cytoskeleton. Current Opinions in Neurobiology, 15: 521-26.

Kalil, K. and E.W. Dent (2004) Hot +TIPS: Guidance cues signal directly to microtubules. Neuron, 42: 877-79.

Lebrand, C.*, E.W. Dent*, G.A. Strasser, L.M. Lanier, M. Krause T. Svitkina, G.G. Borisy and F.B. Gertler (2004)  Critical Role of Ena/VASP proteins for filopodia formation in neurons and in function downstream of Netrin-1. Neuron, 42: 37-49.  *Equal Contributions

Dent, E.W., A. Barnes, F. Tang and K. Kalil (2004)  Netrin-1 and Sema 3A promote or inhibit cortical axon branching respectively by reorganization of the cytoskeleton. Journal of Neuroscience, 24:3002-12.

Dent, E.W. and F.B. Gertler (2003)  Cytoskeletal dynamics and transport in growth cone motility and axon guidance. Neuron, 40: 209-27.

Krause, M., E.W. Dent, J.E. Bear, J.J. Loureiro and F.B. Gertler. (2003) Ena/VASP proteins: regulators of the actin cytoskeleton and cell migration.  Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology, 19: 541-64.

Perry A. Brittis, Karina Meiri, Erik Dent, and Jerry Silver. (1995) The Earliest Pattern of Neuronal Differentiation and Migration in the Mammalian Central Nervous System.  Experimental Neurology, 134: 1-12.

Qin He, Erik W. Dent, and Karina F. Meiri. (1997)  Modulation of Actin Filament Behavior by GAP-43 (Neuromodulin) Is Dependent on the Phosphorylation Status of Serine 41, the Protein Kinase C Site.  Journal of Neuroscience, 17(10): 3515-3524.

Erik W. Dent, Karina F. Meiri. (1998)  Distribution of Phosphorylated GAP-43 (Neuromodulin) in Growth Cones Directly Reflects Growth Cone Behavior.  Journal of Neurobiology, 35: 287-299.

Gyorgyi Szebenyi, John L. Callaway, Erik W. Dent, and Katherine Kalil. (1998)  Interstitial Branches Develop from Active Regions of the Axon Demarcated by the Primary Growth Cone during Pausing Behaviors.  Journal of Neuroscience, 18(19): 7930-7940.

Erik W. Dent, John L. Callaway, Gyorgyi Szebenyi, Peter W. Baas, and Katherine Kalil. (1999)  Reorganization and Movement of Microtubules in Axonal Growth Cones and Developing Interstitial Branches.  Journal of Neuroscience, 19(20): 8894-8908.

Masabumi Nagashima, Erik W. Dent, Xiu-Zhen Shi, Katherine Kalil. (1999)  Cortical Neurite Outgrowth and Growth Cone Behaviors Developmentally Regulated Cues in Spinal Cord Membranes.  Journal of Neurobiology, 39: 393-406.